𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫: The heavens shone upon the Pyramids as one of history’s great boxing spectacles played out beneath them. Boxing News was there to witness it all – and so much more. 🔗 boxingnews.imbmsubscriptions… #BoxingNews #UsykRico

Roberto Duran was flattened in frightening fashion by Thomas Hearns #OnThisDay in 1984. Hearns hadn’t been quite the same since breaking his right hand against Wilfred Benitez and he knew it. “I don’t just need to win,” he said ahead of the clash. “I need to be devastating.” Hearns promised a second-round knockout and delivered. Down twice in the first, Duran had his lights turned out in the second by a right hand. “The Hitman” was back.

Gennadiy Golovkin poses with Sugar Ray Leonard after his IBHOF induction in Canastota. 🤝

After Max Baer and Primo Carnera engaged in a fictional fight in the movie, The Prizefighter and the Lady, the two engaged in a real one that was scarcely believable #OnThisDay in 1934. Wild and entertaining, it exhibits why the 'Livermore Larupper' Baer was so highly regarded and why he ultimately failed to fulfil his potential. Baer, the owner of a hellacious right hand and a wicked sense of humour, scored 11 knockdowns, including six in the opening two rounds, but his clowning and apparent unwillingness to turn the screw allowed Carnera – who won some rounds along the way – to last until the 11th. After the bout, former champion Jack Dempsey – who three years earlier had refereed Max’s win over Tom Heeney – said Baer might be the greatest fighter in history and predicted a long reign for the new king. He of course lost to James J. Braddock in his first defence.

Who Wins: Inoue or Rodriguez?

Jesse Rodriguez knocked out Antonio Vargas in six rounds to capture the WBA bantamweight title. 👑 "He was a lot tougher than I expected," admitted Rodriguez after Vargas made a fast start and landed clean on several occasions. 'Bam' shifted through the gears, however, following up a fifth-round knockdown with a knockout victory in the sixth. Rodriguez is now a three-division world champion at the age of 26 following his victory in Glendale, Arizona. #BamVargas

🗓️ #BamVargas Fight Day 🏟️ Desert Diamond Arena 👑 WBA bantamweight title

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Final face-off between Jesse Rodriguez and Antonio Vargas in Glendale, Arizona. 🇺🇸 🎥 @MatchroomBoxing #BamVargas

Weight made. WBA bantamweight title on the line tomorrow. ✅ #BamVargas

Inner Warfare: Nigel Benn defined British boxing during the nineties perhaps more than any other fighter, and this month is inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Feature, in this month’s @BoxingNewsED